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 * XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology
 * XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology

The Quality of Social Existence in a Globalising World

Durban, South Africa, 2006

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** Program Coordinator ** : Michal Palgi, Emek Yezreel College, Israel. Tel. 972-4-6423486; Fax: 972-4-6423422; E-mail palgi@yvc.ac.il


 * **Monday, 24 July 2006 ****, 13:30 - 15:30 **

**English / Spanish / French**
 * Session 1: Challenges of globalisation to democracy and participation   **
 * Special session on the Congress theme **
 * Chairs: Michal Palgi, ** Emek Yezreel College, Israel and **Dasarath Chetty,** University of Durban-Westville, South Africa
 * Location: ** Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2  ||


 * Authors and Papers:**

Heinz Suenker: (Faculty of Pedagogy, Center for International Studies in Social Policy and Social Services, University of Wuppertal, Germany. E-mail: suenker@uni-wuppertal.de): **"Globalization, education and participation**".

Vera Vratusa: (Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Sociology Cika Ljubina 18-20, Beograd, Yugoslavia**.** E-mail: vvratusa@f.bg.ac.yu or vvratusa@sezampro.yu**): //"//[|Globalization of Recolonization Complex Disaster by and for Financial Capital versus Globalization of Democratic Participation by and for the Working People]".**

Susana Salgado**:** (Institute of Social Sciences – University of Lisbon, Portugal. E-mail: susana.salgado@ics.ul.pt): **"Media and Politics Nowadays".**

Michal Palgi: (Emek Yezreel College, Israel. E-mail: palgi@yvc.ac.il ): " Commitment, Trust, Social Justice and the Quality of Social Existence  ".


 * **Monday, 24 July 2006 ****, 15:45 - 17:45 **

** Location: ** Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2  ||
 * Session 2: Participation in various cultural areas and communities   **
 * Chairs: Julia Rozanova, **University of Alberta , Canada.

Bock, Bettina, Wageningen University, Netherlands. E-mail: Bettina.Bock@wur.nl and Papadopoulos Apostolos, Harokopion University Athens, Greece. E-mail: apospapa@hua.gr.
 * Analysing effective stakeholder participation in new rural governance arrangements across countries: A comparison of the Netherlands and Greece.**

Enserink, Bert, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. E-mail: b.enserink@tbm.tudelft.nl.
 * The ants in the kingdom of elephants. An explorative study into public participation in policy making in India and China.**

=Imbrasaitė, Jūratė, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. E-mail: j.imbrasaite@ti.vdu.lt.= = Development of NGOs in Rural and Urban Communities of Lithuania: Human, Social and Symbolic Capital. =

Lagergren, Morten, Stockholm Gerontology Research Centre, Sweden. E-mail: marten.lagergren@aldrecentrum.se. **Do elderly persons in need for care get what they want? - Questions about coverage, expectations and satisfaction in the Swedish care of the elderly system as revealed by the SNAC-study**.

Rozanova, Julia, University of Alberta, Canada. E-mail: jrozanova@mail.ru.
 * Social engagement of older men and women in Canada: a critical comparison among the provinces**.

Vasecka, Michal, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic. E-mail: mvasecka@fss.muni.cz.
 * Prospects for Integration of minority groups in EU 25. Do they have where to integrate?**

Maciej Frykowski, Świętokrzyska Academy, Piotrkow, Poland and Paweł Starosta University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland. E-mail: macfryko@poczta.onet.pl. Patterns of civic participation and types of social capital in rural communities of central Poland.


 * **Monday, 24 July 2006 ****, 18:00 - 20:00 **


 * Session 3: Privatisation and democratisation. Challenges for social existences   **
 * Chairs: **** Heinz Suenker ** ,University of Wuppertal, Germany and **Volkmar Kreissig**, IBB Minsk, Belarus
 * Location: ** Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2  ||

Economou, Aikaterina, Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki. E-mail: vic_pec@yahoo.com.
 * “The social aspects of modern firms’ behaviour in the new competitive business environment”**

Fafaliou, Irene, Univ. of Piraeus, E-mail: fafaliou@unipi.gr&Donaldson, John, Univ. of Leicester,E-mail: jed5124@fsbdial.co.uk.
 * “Privatization’s narrative of state-owned services: panacea or threat to businesses and labour forces democracy”**

Kreissig, Volkmar IBB Minsk, Belarus. E-mail: volkmar@ibb.com.b; &ieb.chemnitz@chemonline.de:
 * "Participation and Privatisation in Enterprises - Comparison between Germany, Russia, Bulgaria and Belarus".**

Lavy, Chaim, Bar Ilan University. E-mail: lavych@mail.biu.c.il:
 * “The Impact of Arab Jewish joint educational encounter”**

Pazarzis, Michael, University of Piraeus, Maritime Studies Dept. and Nina-Pazarzi, Eleni, University of Piraeus.E-mail: enina@unipi.gr:
 * “Privatization and SME. Access to alternative dispute resolution in Greece”**

Pekka-EconomouVictoria. University of Piraeus, e-mail:vic­pec@yahoo.com). “**How privatization procedure and its perspective social implications, really benefit society and conduct to improved democracy?**”

Symeonidou, Haris, National Centre for Social Research EKKE. E-mail: hsymeonidou@ekke.gr.
 * “Gender Participation in the Market and the Family. A Study of Southern European Countries”**

Tsourvakas, George (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. E-mail: gtsourv@jour.auth.gr:
 * “The mixed model of 21st century Public organizations with profit and private organizations with social responsibility”**

Daskalakis, Demosthenis, University of Athens, Dept of Primary Education. E-mail:ddaskal@primedu.uoa.gr.
 * “A view of organizational change from a global perspective: Reconsidering human experience, participation, and the role of culture”**


 * **Tuesday, 25 July 2006 ****, 13:30-15:30 **
 * Joint Session of Research Committee on Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management RC10, Research Committee on Alienation Theory and Research RC36 and Research Committee on Social Movements, Collective Action and Social Change RC48 **


 * Chairs: Michal Palgi, ** Emek Yezreel College, Israel,**Lauren Langman,** Loyola University, USA, **Tova Benski,** College of Management, Israel
 * Location: Durban Exhibition Centre, DEC, H2 West ** ||

Lauren Langman, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. E-mail: Llang944@aol.com and Valentine Mohadam, Unesco, Paris, vmmogha@yahoo.com. **Cyber- democracy: The challenge to domination.**

Tova Benski, Department of Behavioural Sciences, College of Management, Rishon-Leziyon Israel. E-mail: tbenski@colman.ac.il **.**
 * Women in Black and the struggle over a voice in the public space.**

Janet McIntyre, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management, Flinders University, ** Australia ****. **E-mail: janet.mcintyre@flinders.edu.au.
 * Rescuing the Enlightenment from Itself: implications for addressing democracy and ‘the enemies within'.**

Hacek, Miro and Marjan Brezovsek, Ljubljana University, Slovenia. E-mail: miro.hacek@fdv.uni-lj.si.
 * The modernization processes of citizens participation in local government.**

** Location: ** Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2  ||
 * **Tuesday, 25 July 2006 ****, 15:45-17:45 **
 * Session 4: Employee involvement and productivity **
 * Chair: Johann Maree, **  University of Cape Town, South Africa
 * English / French **

Mirella Baglioni, Department of Economics, University of Parma, Italy. E-mail:mirella.baglioni@unipr.it.
 * //"//Representative Participation: EWCs, Works Councils and sectoral unionism"**.

Shane Godfrey, Labour and Enterprise Project, University of Cape Town, South Africa. E-mail:godfrey@humanities.uct.ac.za.
 * "Management's ambivalence to worker participation schemes as a way of improving enterprise performance: Case studies in South Africa's fish processing industry**".

Sabine Gensior, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany, sgensior@tu-cottbus.de and Lothar Lappe, Berliner Institut für Sozialforschung, Germany, lotharlappe@t-online.de.**Self-Management of Work in the New Economy**.

Marta Kahancova, Amsterdam School for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Holland. E-mail:m.kahancova@uva.nl.
 * "****Local Solutions to Global Needs: Human Resource Management, Employee Participation and Effects on Organizational Performance and Employee Welfare in a Multinational Company** ".

Dmitry Khodyakov,Rutgers University,Department of Sociology, USA, E-mail: dkhodyakov@sociology.rutgers.edu. "**Trust, Control, and Optimal Distinctiveness in Creative Organizations: Insights from a Qualitative Analysis of a Conductorless Orchestra**"

**Business Meeting ** **Location: ** University of South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2 ||
 * **Tuesday, 25 July 2006 ****, 18:00-20:00 **


 * **Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 13:30-15:30 **


 * Session 5: The impact of participatory / action research on social existences   **
 * Chairs: Ake Sandberg, ** National Institute of Working Life, Sweden**,** **Francesco Garibaldo****,** Institute for Labour, Italy
 * Location: ** Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2
 * English / French** ||

= Hansen, Jessica The Institution of Social Science, Vaxjo University, Sweden. E-mail: jessica.hansen@tele2.se. = = Mobilizing participation in a small local community. =

Cindoglu, Dilek, Adnan Boynukara, Bilkent University, Ankara/Turkey. E-mail: Cindoglu@bilkent.edu.tr. **The ın-depth analysıs of the rısıng democracy dıscourse ın the process of EU acsessıon of Turkey: bottlenecks and common denomınators among the polıtıcal actors.**

=Binay Kumar Pattnaik, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Email:binay@iitk.ac.in. Perceiving the Role of Grassroots NGOs: From the Vantage Point of Social Movement Perspective.= = = Elisa Rapetti and Stefania Fucci, Dipartimento di Ricerca Sociale, Universita' del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro". E-mails: stefania.fucci@sp.unipmn.it, erapetti@unipmn.it.
 * Participation, Democracy, and Local Empowerment. The key role of a participative development strategy**.

Berra Mariella, Faculty of Political Science, University of Turin, Italy. E-mail: mariella.berra@unito.it.
 * Communication and user participation. The case of Public telematic Systems in Italy.**


 * **Wednesday, 26 July 2006 ****<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; line-height: 150%;">, 15:45-17:45 **

. Hedvig Ekerwald, Sociology Department, Uppsala University, Sweden. E-mal: hedvig.ekerwald@soc.uu.se. Azril Bacal, Sociology Dept and CRER, U. Warwick, Coventry, UK. E-mail: bazril@gmail.com.
 * Session 6: A globalizing world as a challenge to social identity, democratic participation and social existence   **
 * Chair: Azril Bacal, ** Uppsala University, Sweden
 * Location: ** Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2  ||
 * Globalization and Gender: International and Regional (Scandinavian) Perspectives**.
 * Alternative Perspectives on Global Democratization: WSF -vis- WEF (G-8).**

Maria Fregidou-Malama, University of Gävle, Sweden. E-mail: mma@hig.se. Samir Amin, Director, Third World Forum, Dakar, Senegal. E-mail: ftm@refer.sn. Bernedette Muthien, ENGENDER and Global Political Economy Commission (GPEC) of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA). E-mail: bmuthien@icon.co.za. Teivo Teivainen, Postgraduate Program on Democratization and Global Transformation, Universidad de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. E-mail: teivo@nigd.org. Anibal Quijano, UNMSM, Lima, Peru. E-mail: quijanoanibal@yahoo.com Jose Vicente Tavares, President ALAS and Professor, Universidad Federal de Porto Alegre, RGS, Brazil. E-mail: jvicente@portoweb.com.br.
 * Current Challenges and Responses of European Cooperatives to a Globalizing World.**
 * African Responses to the Democratic Challenges of a Globalizing World.**
 * Research and Capacity Building in Gender, Sexualities, Justice and Peace in Africa.**
 * Dilemmas of Organizational Democracy in the World Social Forum**
 * Descolonization of the Social Sciences and Democracy in a Globalizing World**
 * Worldization of Social Conflicts**

Soraya Cortes, Department and Graduate Program of Sociology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. E-mail: scortes@via-rs.net. Flávia Lessa de Barros, Sociology Department, University of Brasília, Brazil. E-mail: flavia.barros@incluir.org.br. Walda Katz-Fihman, Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide, USA. E-mail: wkatzfishman@igc.org.
 * Deliberative or Neo-Corpotrativist: What is the real nature of the Brazilian participative fora?**
 * Challenges of globalization to development, governance and participation: Conflicts and collaborations among international financial institutions and civil society organizations**.
 * Grassroot Democratic Responses to a Globalizing World**.
 * Discussant**: Göran Therborn, Director, SCASSS, Uppsala University, Sweden. E-mail: Goran.Therborn@scasss.uu.se

**Chair: S.L. Hiremath,** Gulbarga University, India **Location:** University of South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2 || **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; line-height: 150%;">Authors and Papers: **
 * **Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 18:00-20:00**
 * Session 7: Transnationalization, Organizational Forms and Participative Management **
 * Eberhard Schmidt**, Institute of Political Science, Carl V. Ossietzky University of Oldenberg, __GERMANY__. E-mail: eberhard.schmidt@uni-oldenberg.de) **“Participation of Global Unions in the Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility”.**


 * Kim Ling Geraldine Chan,** Anthropology and Sociology Programme, School of Social Development and Environmental Studies.Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Malaysia (UKM), __MALAYSIA__.E-mail: geralckl@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my) **“The Structure of Business Groups and Transnationalization:A Case of Malaysia”**

A. Ramegowda, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Karnataka, INDIA. E-mail: ramegowda.a@rediffmail.com and C. Somashekher, Reader, Bangalore University, Jnana Bharati, Karnataka, INDIA. E-mail: somashekher.c@rediffmail.com. “**Implications of Globalization for Union Participation in Indian Context”**


 * Jose Ricardo Ramalho** (Department of Sociology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, __BRAZIL__.E-mail: jramalho@ifcs.ufrj.br)
 * “The Experience of the Modular System as a New Form of Industrial Organization:The Future of Automobile Industry in Brazil”.**


 * Raquel Partida** (Profesora Investigadora de Estudios Socio Urbanos del Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales Y Humanidades de Guadalajara, Jalisco, __MEXICO__.E-mail: raqueludg@hotmail.com)
 * “The Transnational Electronic Industry in Jalisco (Maxico):Organization and Forms of Participation”.**


 * Jayashree Kulkarni** (JSW Foundation; Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Limited, Torangallu, Bellary District, Karnataka-__INDIA__.E-mail: jaya1581@rediffmail.com) **“Transnationalization MNCs and Participative Management”.**


 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; line-height: 150%;">Thursday, 27 July 2006 ****<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; line-height: 150%;">, 13:30-15:30 **

Location: Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2 ||
 * Session 8: Transnationalization, emerging structures and community participation.   **
 * Chair: K.G. Uma, **  Bangalore University, India


 * Sara Gordon** (Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales.Universidad Nacional Autonoma de __MEXICO__.E-mail: gordon@servidor.unam.mx)
 * “Civil Organizations, Public Participation and New Management Forms in Mexico”.**


 * Pawel Starosta** (Institute of Sociology, University of Lodz, Rewolucji str, 41/43, LODZ 90-213 __POLAND__, Tel: 42-48-6355112; E-mail: socwim@uni.lodz.pl)
 * “Patterns of Socio-Political Participation:Evidences from Local Communities of Bulgaria, Canada, Poland and Russia”.**


 * Subir Verma** (Management Development Institute, GURGAON-122 001, Haryana, INDIA.Tel: 00-91-124-2349831-36; 00-91-124-5013052-59 Ext. 301.E-mail: sverma@mdi.ac.in)
 * “Managing Performance Through Democracy:An Exploratory Study on Freedom Related Management Practices in Corporate India”.**


 * Cristina Puga** (Instiuto de Investigaciones Sociales,Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)
 * “Associational Performance in Mexico:Three Case Studies”.**


 * K.G. Uma**, (Bangalore University, Jnana Bharati, __INDIA__; E-mail: kgu02@yahoo.com)
 * “Negotiating Power and Identity:Emerging Organizational Forms Through Participative Management”.**


 * Enrique Aguera,** (Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Peubla Pue. MEXICO, E-mail: cs001240@siu.buap.mx)
 * “Leadership and Social Compromise: Reflections About Transofrmation of Leadership of Public Organizations in Mexico”.**


 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; line-height: 150%;">Thursday, 27 July 2006, 15:45-17:45 **
 * Session 9:Democracy and organizations in a Globalizing world **
 * Chair : **** Uriel Leviatan **, University of Haifa, Israel
 * Location: ** Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2  ||

Karl Henrik Sivesind Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway. E-mail: karl.henrik.sivesind@samfunnsforskning.no:
 * Depreciating social capital? Changes in Norwegian teenagers' participation in voluntary organizations from 1992 - 2002**.

Volker Telljohann, Institute for Labour Foundation, Bologna, Italy. E-mail: v.telljohann@ipielle.emr.it: Ricardo Tirado and Matilde Luna, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, UNAM. E-mail:tirado@servidor.unam.mx.
 * The role of a collective identity for the functioning of European Works Councils. **
 * Modes of decision-making in associations and democratic governance.**

Monique Marks and Jenny Fleming**, **Australian National University. E-mail: monique.marks@anu.edu.au:
 * Pursuing democratic policing through police unionization.**

João Bilhim and Barbara Neves, Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of Technical University of Lisbon. E-mail: barbara.neves@iscsp.utl.pt: **Digital** **Cities** **and Citizenship Reinforcement.**

Uriel Leviatan, University of Haifa, Israel. E-mail: leviatan@soc.haifa.ac.il. D**emocracy as an expression of socioeconomic inequality – lessons from Israeli kibbutzim**

**Chair: Azril Bacal,** Uppsala University, Sweden **Español/Portugués** ||
 * **Thursday, 27 July 2006, 18:00 - 20:00**
 * Session 10: Globalización y democracia en Iberoamérica: retos y aportes del pensamiento crítico social (nuevos instrumentos transdisciplinarios e inter-transculturales) **
 * Joint session with ALAS, Instituto Paulo Freire, GPEC of IPRA **
 * Location:** University of South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2

Roberto Briceño, Universidad Central de Venezuela. E-mail: bricenoleon@yahoo.com and bricenoleon@cantv.ve.
 * Violencia y Democracia en America latina.**

Margarita Lopez Maya, CENDES, Caracas, Venezuela. E-mail: malopez@reacciu.vn.
 * Retos para la Democracia Venezolana bajo las Condiciones Globalizantes de la Escena Contemnporanea**.

Maria Isabel Dominguez, Centro de Investigaciones Psicologicas y Sociologicas (CIPS), La Habana, Cuba. E-mail: misabel@cips.cu and midominguez@ceniai.inf.cu.
 * Los Movimientos Sociales Juveniles: El Desafio Generacional para America Latina**.

Jaime Preciado Coronado, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico (Vice-Ptde ALAS). E-mail: japreco@hotmail.com.
 * Democracias en Riesgo y Construccion Democrática en America Latina.**

Jose Manuel Rodriguez Victoriano, Dprto de Sociologia y Antropologia Social, Universidad de Valencia, España. E-mail: jose.m.rodriguez@uv.es.
 * Democratizacion del Saber y Ciencias Sociales en el Proceso de Transformacion Social frente al Orden Neoliberal.**

Alberto L. Bialakowsky, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. E-mail: albiala@gmail.com.
 * Nuevas Formas de Produccion y Distribucion del Conocimiento en las Ciencias Sociales: Experiencias en la Co-Produccion Investigativa.**

Martha Nélida Ruiz, Universidad de Tijuana, México. E-mail: nelly_ruizuribe@yahoo.com.
 * La Nueva Santisima Trinidad Posmoderna: Globalizacion, Tecnologia y Neoliberalismo.**

Carolina Galvis, Profesora de Sociologia Rural, MINEP, Caracas, Venezuela. E-mail: cagalvis@ciara.gov.ve. **Participacion Popular y Democracia en Venezuela (Democratizacion del Sistema Financiero: Las Cajas Rurales como experiencia de Participacion Popular**.

Azril Bacal, Instituto Paulo Freire. E-mail: bazril@gmail.com.
 * Educacion Transformadora, Democratizacion Global, Desarrollo Humano Sustentable y Culturas de Justicia y Paz.**


 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; line-height: 150%;">Friday, 28 July 2006, 13:30 - 15:30 **


 * Joint Session: Participation and childhood consequences for social existence   **
 * Joint session with Research Committee on Sociology of Childhood RC53 **
 * Chair: Heinz Suenker **, Wuppertal University, Germany
 * Location: ** Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2  ||

Monique Marks/ Jennifer Wood (Australian National University, Australia). E-mail: Monique.marks@anu.edu.au:
 * Generating youth safety from below: situating young people at the centre of safety networks**.

Vittorio Iervese (University of Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy). E-mail: viervese@unimo.it:
 * Harassment and respect: Dealing with violence and participation in elementary and middle schools**

Hans-Uwe Otto (Bielefeld, Germany). E-mail: Hansuwe.otto@uni-bielefeld.de: **Participation and the digital divide**

Lucia Rabello de Castro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). E-mail:lrcastro@infolink.com.br:
 * Looking ‘minimally’ at political participation: children’s action and the construction of alternative public spaces**

Nicola Jones (London, UK)**.** E-mail: n.jones@savethechildren.org.uk: **Children’s fora in Vietnam: children speak on poverty**.

David Hemson ofDurban University (dhemson@hsrc.ac.za). **Children's Participation in Research.**


 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; line-height: 150%;">Friday, 28 July 2006, 15:45 - 17:45 **

Alexandre Pais, Lisbon University, Portugal. E-mail: xande_tc@hotmail.com.
 * Session 11: The impact upon human capacities to learn when research processes encourage subject participation as equals   **
 * Chairs: Rhetta Moran, ** Refugee and Asylum seeker Participatory Action Research, UK and **Mônica Mesquita,** Lisbon New University, Portugal
 * Location: ** Universityof South Africa, UNISA, Room 2B-2
 * English / Spanish ** ||
 * “ Learning mathematics in the Portuguese school: Can equality be possible?” **

Janet McIntyre, Flinders Institute of Public Policy and Management, Australia. E-mail: janet.mcintyre@flinders.edu.au
 * “Narratives, complexity and accountable governance processes to enhance human rights and wellbeing with Aboriginal Australians” **

Jørgen Nielsen, Roskilde University, Denmark, E-mail: jln@ruc.dk and Kirsten Meyer, Rabbe Consult A / S, Denmark. E-mail: kirste@rabbe.dk **“Patterns of knowledge sharing and knowledge creation in new information environments”**

Kevin Corbett, UK, E-mail: __ kp500@york.ac.uk __ and Gertrude Othieno, African Cultural Promotions, UK. E-mail: __ gertrudeothieno@hotmail.com __. **“Exploring the challenges and responsibilities of mutual engagement within participatory action research”**

Mônica Mesquita, New Lisbon University, Brazil / Portugal. E-mail: mmbm@fct.unl.pt
 * “Learning with Street Children: The Social Construction of Mathematical Knowledge” **

Phil Greenham, Body Positive North West, UK. E-mail: __ phil@bpnw.org.uk __ and Rhetta Moran, Refugee and Asylum seeker Participatory Action research (RAPAR), UK,. **“** ** Complexity and community empowerment in regeneration: 2002-2004” **

Rhetta Moran, Refugee and Asylum seeker Participatory Action research (RAPAR), UK. Email:, Zeinab Mohamed, UK and Anna Maria Miwanda Bagenda, Zâmbia. E-mal: __ mbagenda@yahoo.co.uk ____. __ **“****Racism, Asylum and the Politics of Action Research**** ” **


 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; line-height: 150%;">Saturday, 29 July 2006, 15:45 - 17:45 **

**Joint session with Research Committee on Women in Society RC32** ** Chairs: **** Julia Rozanova, ** the University of Alberta, Canada. ** Location: ** International Convention Centre, ICC, Room MR22  ||
 * Joint Session** : <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0pt; line-height: 150%;">**The effect of gender participation in public life on the quality of social existence**

Emanuela Sala, (ISER University of Essex, United Kingdom. E-mail: esala@essex.ac.uk): **Women and political rights. Gender inequalities in Italian Parliament**
 * Authors and Papers:**

Carolyn M. Elliott. E-mail: celliott@uvm.edu
 * Multiple Dimensions of the Empowerment of Women**

Malin Wreder, Sweden. E-mail: malin.wreder@kau.se. Joanna Liddle and Elisabeth Michielsens, England. E-mail: joanna@beanfield.co.uk
 * Managing Female Power in a Male Setting – How Female Managers Deal with Power and Gender **
 * Social Existence, Social Identity and Gendered Representation in British Political Life**

Eleni Nina-Pazarzi and Michael Tsangaris, Greece. E-mail: enina@unipi.gr
 * Gender roles representation in Greek TV commercials during the period 1970-2000**//.//

Ana Espírito-Santo Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Social Sciences Center of Berlin). E-mail: anaespsto@yahoo.com
 * Why the gender gap matters: the point of view of the main Portuguese Parties**.

Chhaya Datar, India. E-mail: chhayadatar@vsnl.net
 * Access to Drinking Water: Decentralisation of Water Delivery System and its Impact on Participation of Women**